I am perplexed and a little taken aback that any "Catholic" group would join with Code Pink, since it is so outwardly hostile to the United States and the military that defends it. I can understand and appreciate people of good conscience protesting war, despite the fact that the absence of war does not typically denote peace and is frankly rather naive; however, aligning with a group that is often at odds with the basic tenets of our nation is frankly highly detrimental to their ultimate cause of that elusive peace.
Code Pink has intentionally been inflammatory in their language to the point of being absurd for a group that ostensibly wishes for peace. Their hateful speech towards the military and America in general can almost always be found at their rallies or demonstrations. Note the pictures in this posting as typical of the type of hateful rhetoric that these "peace activists" spew.
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I was going to comment...but then I realized you wouldn't be able to publish my words. :-/
Kind of ticks one off, doesn't it?
I'm not a big fan of Code Pink and don't know what all they've said. I know I don't like it when they get disruptive at congressional hearings.
That said, I can understand their concern, and the Catholic group's concern, about drone attacks that sometimes kill a lot of civilians for little or no yield in actual terrorists. Being critical of such attacks doesn't make these groups anti-American or anti-military. It makes them anti-indiscriminate or poorly planned and/or executed drone attacks.
FWIW, Thom Hartmann asks an interesting question. He asks why it is that so many nations, in Europe and around the world, go about their business unbothered by terrorists, while the U.S. is a prime target. He asks if it could have something to do with the U.S. sending planes to bomb Mideast people and armies to take down their governments, then occupy their countries indefinitely. It's a reasonable question and one that deserves some thought and discussion — something we failed to do before the Iraq invasion.
Free, I love it when you have the work done before I get there. Your list was even more comprehensive than my top-of-my-head list. :)
Bottom line, Mr. Anderson, is that your and Mr. Hartmann's assertion is demonstrably false.
Kind of ticks one off, doesn't it?
Yes, it does!
This makes me angry and want to hate Code Pink. This reeks of yet another example of the Right’s fascistic tendency to dishonestly scapegoat and demonize dissent in order to create a threat of “enemies within”.
Are you sure you're not posting false images intended to incite anger and hate? Have you checked to see if maybe someone photoshopped here?
Free mis-states SW's point. He didn't argue "that terrorists leave other countries alone" at all.
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